Last night, WWD confirmed that both Dennis Freedman, the magazine's Creative Director, and Camilla Nickerson will leave W in the wake of Stefano Tonch

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Last night, WWD confirmed that both Dennis Freedman, the magazine's Creative Director, and Camilla Nickerson will leave W in the wake of Stefano Tonchi's appointment to Editor-in-Chief.

Nickerson will go to Vogue, where she worked pre-W up until 2005, and we're still waiting for word of Alex White's fate. Under Freedman's guidance, Nickerson and White embodied W, so whether Tonchi wants a vastly different magazine or not, he's going to get it.

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But we hear Marie Amelie Sauve will pick up where their genius styling left off.

Sauve, who made headlines during Paris Fashion Week thanks to the Balenciaga/French Voguedrama, was Carine's Fashion Director until leaving last year. She's continued to style for international Vogues, Interview, AnOther, and most notably, T, which means she's already built a relationship with Tonchi.

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She doesn't need a spot on a masthead to cement her role in the industry, but given the opportunity to makeover a magazine like W, we hope she'd accept. Meanwhile, if Tonchi really wants to make the magazine "more of a general-interest style magazine, and less of a fashion-obsessed publication," Marie-Amelie sounds like an odd pick.

We just got a tip from a very reliable source that W's revered fashion director Alex White resigned this afternoon. According to the source, White has left to focus on freelance projects.
If it's true it's shocking news, and a shame. White has been at W since 1994 and stuck around through all the recent changes at the high fashion glossy--namely the installment of Stefano Tonchi as EIC and she just launched the delightful blog Alex White Edits (though it hasn't been updated since March 23).
We've reached out to W for confirmation and will update with any news. If you know anything write to us at tips@fashionista.com.

Just yesterday we reported that W mainstay and styling legend Alex White had resigned from W, and early this morning, her replacement has been announced.
At around 1am EST Edward Enninful took to his brand new twitter account--it's only two days old--to announce his new position at W magazine, "i have a new job as Fashion and Style Director for W Magazine. Thanks for all the kind words." Enninful takes over this position from White, who held the position for the last 16 years. He got his start at i-D (he was fashion director there at 18) and for the past ten years has worked as freelance stylist for Italian and US Vogue (you might remember him from The September Issue).
We're curious to now why White waited until now, months after W's editorial change-up to leave, and for how long Enninful knew he had the job.